Philadelphia 2020 General Election Mail Ballot Data


Updated Periodically: Last Updated September 16, 2020


These data reflect all mailed ballot requests in PA, including “mail in ballots” and “absentee ballots”.

Will be updated with information about ballots sent and returned when the data become available.



Total Mail Ballot Applications:

266,999


Registered Voters Requesting Ballots:

24.86%



Demographic Breakdown

Census and precinct data are combined to explore relationships between race and mail ballots in Philadelphia. Precincts are grouped into the 341 precincts with the highest percentages of a race/ethnicity. The average ballot request percentage reflects the number of ballot requests out of registered voters in these homogeneous precincts.


Average Mail Ballot Request Percentage:

Based on correlations:

The data are subject to change as more requests are processed.


The graph below shows the weekly change in ballot request rates from precincts with the highest percentages of a race/ethnicy in Philadelphia County.






Map of Mail Ballots by Precinct

Instructions: Use the check boxes in the Layer Box (under the +/- in the upper left of the map) to select data and map layers. Left click and drag to move around map.


Prepared by All Voting is Local - September, 2020.

Sources: Mail ballot data from the PA Secretary of State

Registration data from third party voter file vendor

Race and Ethnicity Data from 2018 ACS 5-year Estimates (Table B02001 and Table B03003)

Shapefiles for divisions from Open Philly Data